Oxnard’s A Tale of Two Budgets
By Phillip S. Molina Often I hear the public asking questions about the financial condition of Oxnard: how much cash is in each fund, how much of the police budget has already been spent, where can we find unused funds for our project(s), etc.? You keep asking, but get little results. The Mayor and […]
Oxnard City Council- 6-13-17 Budget study session
By George Miller The 6-13-17 regular Oxnard City Council meeting covered important topics, including most of the rest of the budget review and a crackdown on code violation nuisance abatement A proposed “budget augmentation” and the supplementary sales tax Measure O fund had some issues. An earlier budget study session meeting is covered in […]
Oxnard City Council holds budget workshops
City of Oxnard, California. On Monday, the Oxnard City Council held the first of two special budget workshops to consider the city manager’s recommended new budget. The proposed budget for fiscal year 2017-18 totals $414 million. This is an increase of roughly $35 million or 9% from the current year budget. If approved by the […]
Oxnard to consider 2017/18 budget, many contracts
By George Miller On Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at 5 PM, the Oxnard City Council will consider approval of many contracts for landscape maintenance and other neighborhood level services, as well as Landscaping Maintenance Districts assessments and special tax levies for Community Facilities Districts and more. They will also consider: nuisance abatement fees, Recovery of Civil Citation […]
A Oxnard Councilman’s budget questions
By Bert Perello Written questions by Councilman Bert Perello 6-21-16: Perello-attachments:
Oxnard Councilman Perello’s FY 16-17 City Budget Development Preview Message
Fellow Oxnard residents and taxpayers: On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, beginning at 10:00 a.m in the Oxnard City Council Chambers, Members of the City Council will begin a two day budget workshop to receive the City Manager’s Draft Fiscal Year 2016-17 city budget. A city budget is a very important governance document. It should set […]
Oxnard outreach on: budget crisis tonight (12-15), utilities rate increase Thursday 12-17
By George Miller Last week, Oxnard city staff, auditors and consultants had an extraordinary meeting of its Fiscal Policy Task Force, where they talked and strategized on Oxnard’s severe financial problems.Task force Chair Councilman Bryan MacDonald facilitated a very free and open discussion. Last week’s City Council meeting addressed that, as another one will Tuesday 12-15-15 at […]
Priority-based budgeting comes to Oxnard- and not a moment too soon
By George Miller Advocates say it is an advanced methodology/concepts for better budgeting Mayor Tim Flynn, City Manager Greg Nyhoff and Assistant City Manager Maria Hurtado have all seen information about Priority-Based Budgeting (PBB) at various symposia and in print material, liked the concept and have been working to introduce its concepts to the city. At the 12-9-15 […]
